Campaigners successfully fight yellow lines in busy Walsall street

Highways bosses hoped to tackle complaints of cars being parked on the pavement, and double parking in a number of streets in the centre of Pelsall.

But the move to include Chapel Street in the scheme has angered patients visiting a doctor's surgery in the street, nearby businesses and some villagers.

Now, ward councillors from the area said the scheme would be shelved due to the scale of opposition – although it can be introduced at a later date if it is deemed necessary. Pelsall

Councillor Garry Perry said: "We have agreed the required traffic regulation order to put in the double yellow lines, but we are not going to do anything with it. We are putting it on the back burner. If people start complaining again about indiscriminate parking then the option is there to invoke it."

He said they had been kept in the dark over the protest held outside the Chapel Street Surgery run by Dr Su Nambisan two days ago.

Councillor Perry said it was disappointing that residents had held the protest despite him having previously spoken to the surgery and some of the residents in a bid to address the issues.

His colleague Councillor Oliver Bennett added they would suggest alternatives, such as installing parking bays.

The protest, attended by 30 campaigners, was organised by members of the surgery's Patient's Participation Group.

One of the members, Kath Harrison, said: "On behalf of the Patient's Participation Group and Dr Nambisan I would just like to say thank you to the patients who came along and supported us on Monday, without their support I doubt if the outcome would have been the same."

Paul Johnson, 58, of nearby Corner House Tea Rooms, said: "The lines will affect my business and my customers as there is nowhere else for them to park."